"ribbit" meaning in English

See ribbit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈɹɪbɪt/, /ˈɹɪbət/ Audio: En-us-ribbit.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} ribbit
  1. (onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad. Tags: onomatopoeic Translations (the sound made by a frog or toad): βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx) (Ancient Greek), per (Basque), kokak (Cebuano), 呱呱 (guāguā) (Chinese Mandarin), kva (Czech), kvæk (Danish), kwak (Dutch), croâ (French), quak (German), βρεκεκέξ (vrekekéx) (Greek), κουαξ (kouax) (Greek), קווה (kva) (Hebrew), brekk (Hungarian), brekeke (Hungarian), kekok (Indonesian), ケロ (kero) (Japanese), ケロケロ (kerokero) (Japanese), 개굴 (gaegul) (Korean), 개굴개굴 (gaegulgaegul) (Korean), coax (Latin), kuak (Malay), ōkaka (Maori), kvekk (Norwegian), kum (Polish), croac (Portuguese), oac (Romanian), ква-ква́ (kva-kvá) (Russian), квак (kvak) (Russian), cnàg (Scottish Gaelic), gnàg (Scottish Gaelic), grunnd grod (note: of a particularly large frog or toad) (Scottish Gaelic), croac (Spanish), kvack (Swedish), kokak (Tagalog), dokorok (Tok Pisin), ộp ộp (Vietnamese), ộp oạp (Vietnamese), qua qua (Vietnamese), quạ quạ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ribbit-en-intj-vHTTruy8 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 48 42 5 5 Disambiguation of 'the sound made by a frog or toad': 94 6
  2. Used to anonymously and disrespectfully break silence, as in educational or ceremonial settings. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɪbɪt/, /ˈɹɪbət/ Audio: En-us-ribbit.ogg Forms: ribbits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} ribbit (plural ribbits)
  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
    Sense id: en-ribbit-en-noun-vHTTruy8

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɪbɪt/, /ˈɹɪbət/ Audio: En-us-ribbit.ogg Forms: ribbits [present, singular, third-person], ribbiting [participle, present], ribbitting [participle, present], ribbited [participle, past], ribbited [past], ribbitted [participle, past], ribbitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=ribbitted|pres_ptc2=ribbitting}} ribbit (third-person singular simple present ribbits, present participle ribbiting or ribbitting, simple past and past participle ribbited or ribbitted)
  1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a frog or toad. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ribbit-en-verb-QQye-XBy

Inflected forms

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